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THE CLEAN CITY 

ALLENTOWN 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Invites You 









1921 



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OCT S 1921 



INVITATION 




OME TO ALLEN- 
TOWN : the ideal 
city of 80,000 popula- 
tion; a city, numeri- 
cally — a metropolis, 
industrially; tlie first city in 
cleanliness and progressiveness, 
and the sixth city in population 
in the best State in the land; a 
city of unrivaled leadership and 
wonderful attractions — a city of 
interest and opportunity invites 
you and ASSURES YOU A 

WELCOME. 

Allento^vn, the attractive 
city, the clean city, rightly 
and often referred to as the 
Queen City of the Lehigh Valley 
is the commercial and industrial 



AN INVITATION 



metropolis of a trading zone of 
approximately 200,000 people. 

AUentown, the County Seat 
of Lehigh County, (rich in agri- 
culture, Avith an area of 389 
square miles), located on a pla- 
teau sloping toward the Lehigh, 
Little Lehigh and Jordan Rivers 
at their confluence, 90 miles 
west of New York City, 57 
miles^north of Philadelphia, 30 
miles south of the anthracite 
coal fields of Pennsylvania, 18 
miles from the great slate belt 
of Pennsylvania, is the world's 
cement capital, two-fifths of 
America's cement output being 
produced within a radius of 20 
miles of this beautiful city, 



TO ALLENTOWN 



which is also noted for its ex- 
tensive silk industry. 

Transportation facilities in- 
clude the 

Lehigh Valley 

Philadelphia & Reading 

Central Railroad of N. J. 

Lehigh & New England 
and the "Liberty Bell Route" of 
the Lehigh Valley Transit Co., 
Allentow^n to Philadelphia. 

Allentow^n has adequate hotel 
facilities — complete in service — 
moderate in price— suited, in 
fact, to every purse. 
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Of Allentow^n's retail section 
the National Geographic Maga- 
zine says : 



AN INVITATION 



"Walk from one end of Ham- 
ilton Street to the other in the 
8ummer-time and every lamp 
post you see supports a basket 
of flowers.Think of a bouquet- 
studded street several miles 
long. In -winter, evergreens 
take the place of the blossoms 
in the baskets. The effect is 
charming. But it is character^ 
istic of Allentown and the 
spirit of Pennsylvania.'* 

In this same section all tele- 
graph and telephone poles have 
been removed ; also objectionable 
view-obstructing signs, sheds 
and a^vnings. All fire hydrants 
are submerged — the ideal retail 
district without a superior any- 
where. 

In the center of this retail 
district is located a public com- 



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fort station, placed below the 
street surface, furnished and 
equipped with every modern 
convenience. 

Then, too, AUentow^n is the 
home of the "Great AUentow^n 
Fair," greatest County Fair in 
the United States. 

Ten miles north of Allen- 
town is to be found the cele- 
brated Game Park, Trout 
Hatchery and Peach Orchard of 
1600 acres, belonging to General 
Harry C. Trexler. It is the finest 
thing of its hind east of the Rock- 
ies, and is noted for its magnifi- 
cent herd of sixty buffalos; raised 
since 1911 from a parent stock 



8 AN INVITATION 

of only five animals; also fifty 
head of elk and upwards of 
200 deer; the home of thousands 
of trout, with a capacity of six 
to eight tons of edible trout 
each year. 

But it is not intended that 
this little folder shall tell you 
ALL there is to tell about Allen- 
town. This is an INVITA- 
TION to come to Allentown 
that you may see these and the 
many and varied points of in- 
terest, returning to your home 
city, if you must return, with 
the feeling that your visit was 
well worth while and convinced 
that to dwell in Allentown is 
to prosper. 



TO AL LENTO WN 



OTHER TACTS 

ABOUT ALLENTOWN, PA. 



Founded in 1762 

Incorporated as a. borough in 1811 
Incorporated as a city in 1867 
Population — U. S. Census 

1900 1910 1920 
35,416 51.913 78.890 

Area, square miles 10 

Assessed Property Valuation $67,639,020.00 

Tax Rate, 80 per cent. Valuation 
City - .008 

County .003 

School .012 .023 

Altitude - 417.22 ft. above sea level 

Climate 

Average Temperature 

Aututna Winter Spring Summer 

52 29 48 71 

Precipitation— 50 inches annually 

Autumn Winter Spring Summer 

11.5 12.1 13.1 13.8 



10 AN INVITATION 

Birth, in 1920 1926 

Death, in 1920 1025 

Water— Spring 

11.500,000 gallons consumed daily 

Banks 

Resource. - $35,538,527.17 

Deposit. - 27.332.124.54 

Annual Clearings, Estimated 

90,000.000.00 

Po.t Office Receipts 

1900 1910 1920 
$51,318.31 $132,140.96 $331,420.63 

Industries - - 300 

Employees— Male 11,699 

Female 5.907 17.606 

Value of Products, annually 

$140,530,500.00 

Merchants— Retail - 1463 

Wholesale - 159 

Transportation Facilities 

Railroads— Steana - 5 

Electric 2 

Parks— acreage 19 

Playgrounds— acreage - 56 

Attendance per season. 342,666 



TO ALLENTOWN 


11 


Churches 


72 


Hospital* 


2 


Schools 

Enrollment, 13,716 


26 


Colleges 

Enrollment 828 


2 


Business Schools 

Enrollment 780 


2 


Library, 25,000 volumes 




Y. M. C. A. 




Y. W. C. A. 




Hotel Capacity- 


1000 


Property Ow^ner* 


6,648 


Apartments and Dwellings 
Other Buildings 


16.368 
4,239 


Newspapers — Daily 

Morning 2 
Evening 3 


5 


Theaters 

"Movies" - 12 
Vaudeville 1 
Legitimate 2 


15 



12 THE CLEAN CITY 

The Value of the Manufactured Product of 
Allento'wn Industries during the year 1920: 

Building and Contracting • - 1,712,900 

Chemicals and Allied Products - 2,765,200 

Clay, Glass and Stone Products 768,600 

rood and Kindred Products - 10,267,400 

Machinery and Parts - 3,360,000 

Leather and Rubber Goods $ 3,059,600 

Beverages - 1.444,000 

Lumber - - 4,093.000 

Paper and Printing Industries 1,399,900 

Textiles and Textile Products 55,160,000 

Metals and Metal Products 49,648,000 

Mines and Quarries 161,700 

Public Service - 1,158,400 

Tobacco and Products 7,199,200 

Miscellaneous - 432,600 



$140,530,500 



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Allento'wn's many advantages cannot be 
told in detail in a booklet of this size. 

Specific details will gladly be furnished, 
upon request, to those interested. Better 
still, come and look the city over for 
yourself. 



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